Dressed in Time
eBook - ePub

Dressed in Time

A World View

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dressed in Time

A World View

About this book

Through object-based case studies of garments from the ancient past through to the 21st century, Margaret Maynard reveals the countless ways the temporal is woven into our attire. From the physical effects of age on garments to their changing cultural significance, time and fashion are inextricably linked. Every garment has its own pace and narrative, and every dress practice is rich with temporal associations: 'wearing' time in the form wristwatches, marking key moments in time from marriage to death, 'defying' time with beauty products, preserving and re-imagining time through vintage, and concepts of 'timeless' and 'classic' styles. This ground-breaking book presents a complete rethinking of the study of global fashion history, revealing the complex nature of changing fashion when viewed through the lens of time and challenging Eurocentric approaches such as the periodization of style and the arbitrary division of 'western' and 'non-western' fashion. Fashion in Time is essential reading for students and scholars of fashion and dress history, material culture studies, cultural anthropology, archaeology and related fields.

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Edition
1
Subtopic
Modedesign

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 About Time
  10. 2 Deep Time: The Origins of Dress
  11. 3 Context: What Does it Mean?
  12. 4 Cultural Exchange: Past and Present
  13. 5 Rituals: The Role of Time
  14. 6 The Wardrobe Story
  15. 7 Dress: Time and Cultural Memory
  16. 8 Unfixed: Time and Dress
  17. Notes
  18. Select Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Copyright